I remember seeing ASUS laptops at PC One store on the Salwa raoad. Also if you wanna have comparitive prices, check www.bestbuy.com, apparently ASUS is doing pretty good in the US and cheap as well.
I personally don't think the brand name and in-built hardware compatibility could enhance a laptop's speed by more than 5%, whether its a Vaio/HP/Toshiba/Asus, as most of the components they all use is the same (i.e. Processor). However, the durability could be an issue. A HP / Toshiba or Vaio is way better in durability than an Acer. Last week I picked up an HP notebook Intel Core 2 Duo T7700 2.4 Ghz processor with 2 GB DDR2 RAM, 250 GB HDD, Finger scan login, NDVIDIA dedicated graphics adaptor for just 5,299/-. If the difference is only massive you may go for ASUS or an Acer.
Hope that helps. Cheers!
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I remember seeing ASUS laptops at PC One store on the Salwa raoad. Also if you wanna have comparitive prices, check www.bestbuy.com, apparently ASUS is doing pretty good in the US and cheap as well.
I personally don't think the brand name and in-built hardware compatibility could enhance a laptop's speed by more than 5%, whether its a Vaio/HP/Toshiba/Asus, as most of the components they all use is the same (i.e. Processor). However, the durability could be an issue. A HP / Toshiba or Vaio is way better in durability than an Acer. Last week I picked up an HP notebook Intel Core 2 Duo T7700 2.4 Ghz processor with 2 GB DDR2 RAM, 250 GB HDD, Finger scan login, NDVIDIA dedicated graphics adaptor for just 5,299/-. If the difference is only massive you may go for ASUS or an Acer.
Hope that helps. Cheers!
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2400 QL Points!
Way to go Ray!!!
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